8.2high
CVE-2016-20062
Simply Poll 1.4.1 Plugin for WordPress SQL Injection
Published 4 mo ago · modified 3 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
8.2
v3.1 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.3%
percentile 19%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
Simply Poll 1.4.1 plugin for WordPress contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to extract database information by injecting SQL code through the 'pollid' POST parameter. Attackers can send requests to the admin-ajax.php endpoint with the 'spAjaxResults' action and malicious 'pollid' values to execute arbitrary SQL queries and read sensitive data from the WordPress database.
CISA SSVC assessment
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept public
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 4 mo ago
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.27% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 8.8 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 8.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N |
| CNA | 4.0 | 8.8 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
| CNA | 3.1 | 8.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- Ollie Armstrong Simply Poll
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command
References
- exploit-db.com /exploits/40971 · exploit
- wordpress.org /plugins/simply-poll/ · product
- tad.group · product
- vulncheck.com /advisories/simply-poll-plugin-for-wordpress-sql-injection · third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-20062
- NVD: CVE-2016-20062
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